Rio Canas: Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, Ecuador

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
possibly E. rusconii
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. sensu lato Fitzinger 1835
see common names

Geography
Country:Ecuador State/province:Manabi
Coordinates: 1.2° South, 80.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Chibanian - Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.774 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tablazo
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: highly bioturbated silty sandstones, occasionally bioclastic, organized in medium-thick strata alternating with thin silty-clayey levels
Environment:estuary/bay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Disassociated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:67633
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-11-29 12:25:33 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-29 12:25:33
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
19288. G. Cantalamessa, C. Di Celma, G. Bianucci, G. Carnevale, M. Coltorti, M. Delfino, G. Ficcarelli, M. Moreno Espinosa, D. Naldini, P. Pieruccini, L. Ragaini, L. Rook, M. Rossi, G. Tito, D. Torre, G. Valleri, and W. Landini. 2001. A new vertebrate fossiliferous site from the Late Quaternary at San Jose on the north coast of Ecuador: preliminary note. Journal of South American Earth Science 14:331-334 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]